I understand these charts have been in the making for quite some time by the association. I started taking the magazine or newsletter, when published on time was quarterly. There are several people putting together these charts across the counrty. They are numbered and as they get too big others are created as branches. They have been in the newsletter for sale as they became completed with imfo that has been researched, imfo gathered from any other sources, and gathered from others sending into FFA. They have a library of imfo and as new imfo comes in or is reseached it is added to a chart or a new chart is created., to continue a line if or start another one when a connection to others at FFA can't be found at the time. I'm sure when things get back to normal again that the newsletter and the FFA link to a site, and the charts will be named and listed by number. You pick the chart with the ancestor you have connected to. There may be several charts of your direct line depending on the size. There are several Genealogy researchers putting these charts together so that each has certain lines from the beginning that they take care of. I don't remember off hand what the price was several yrs ago when I wanted one before they got so many as it was close to the early stages of this FFA project. Mara has traveled all over the world and USA, gathering French name and connections materials. for the lib. to be added and put into charts etc. I posted my Casandra ( Keziah ),French name b abt 1795, in Va. etc also sent Mara the picture I have of her at abt 90 yrs of age abt 9 yrs ago but she hasn't been found as yet. by me or anyone else as far as I have posted periodically the imfo I do have. I am still patiently waiting and hope some day I will find who her parents were. I can't see getting a chart until I find where Casandra is connected. Hope this helps some of you out there who are puzled about any of this. Maxine Baldwin Wilton ( was Westerfield) when I first joined FFA. mmwaw@sprynet.com -----Original Message----- From: Janice Chastain Lund <genhelp@worldnet.att.net> To: FRENCH-L@rootsweb.com <FRENCH-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Wednesday, December 27, 2000 10:52 PM Subject: Re: [FRENCH-L] Re: French Charts It would be nice if these charts could be shared on the FFA website! If people contributed them freely, we all should be able to access them freely. I can see why people get upset at seeing mentions of them but not being able to see them. Very frustrating. Perhaps we could volunteer to type some up and "upload" them to the list if nothing else!!! What say all of you? Jan Lund Descendant of Samuel FRENCH and Julia Ann DOUGHERTY of Kentucky and Orange County, Indiana, through their daughter, Mary Ann FRENCH who married David Simpson BRUNER. -----Original Message----- From: JULIAFWOOD@aol.com <JULIAFWOOD@aol.com> To: FRENCH-L@rootsweb.com <FRENCH-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Wednesday, December 27, 2000 8:52 PM Subject: Re: [FRENCH-L] Re: French Charts >In a message dated 12/27/2000 10:23:05 PM Central Standard Time, >carolhar@coserv.net writes: > > >> I have been trying to get information about the French Charts for MONTHS >> now! No one will reply about them! I am beginning to think they are >> figments of someone's imagination! Does any one out there have them?? Do >> they really exist? Does one have to be of Royal lineage to see them? Or can >> any peon, like me, know where they are? Are they hid away? Are they in some >> vault hidden from the world until the time is right to unveil them? >> I also would like information on joining the French Association, but there >> again no one has got back to me about that either. Guess I am a lowly red >> headed step cousin. >> >> Carol H. >> > >We periodically give information about the charts which are published by Mara >French of the French Family Association. The last we mentioned of her was >only a few months ago when she sent a message saying that because of the need >to care for her aged mother, she wouldn't be doing any work on the FFA and >mailing charts until next year. > >l do not feel that it is my duty to respond to every message about the FFA >when it has nothing to do with this list, and there is no way that I can help >you obtain the charts until Mara is ready to answer you. > >Julia French Wood >Listowner: FRENCH-L@rootsweb.com >